Abstract

MIRANDA, Carlos Moreno et al. Cadenas agroalimentarias y mecanismos de gobernanza: análisis descriptivo de factores de desempeño socio-económico y dimensiones de red frutícola Andina. Siembra [online]. 2019, vol.6, n.2, pp.1-14. ISSN 2477-8850.  https://doi.org/10.29166/siembra.v6i2.1566.

The fruit and vegetable sector in Ecuador has shown promising performance in domestic and international markets. Equally, this sector has faced problems of a social, economic and productive nature in its structure and articulations, which until now require intervention. The case of the agri-food network of the tomato tree, located in the central Andean area of the country, is one of the many examples of the mentioned sector; in this sense, the present study shows the main social and productive characteristics, its horizontal and vertical configuration; and the proposal of strategies focused on improving their productive performance. The study applied a systemic methodology aimed at the identification and characterization of stages, agents and activities (primary and support), and the analysis of the governance mechanisms of the network. The study concluded that on the one hand, the inclusion of women, the sense of associativity of processors and distributors, and the training of producers on issues related to post-harvest, and good agricultural practices would meaningfully improve the economic performance of the network and, conversely, they would incentivize a greater participation of the agents involved. To conclude, it was deduced that the network requires increasing the area assigned to the tomato tree crop and the application of greenhouse production systems that increase yields.

Keywords : Governance; Tree tomato; Network; Socio-productive.

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